It was on March 28 1881 that the Rongotea School was first opened by its headmaster F Whitecombe. It was known as the Campbelltown School, the name being subsequently changed to Rongotea. On the opening day, the roll umber 11. A year later there were 58 pupils. The land for the school was cleared by W Hunt (two acres in all) and his son Warren, who was the first pupil enrolled at the school.

Rongotea School
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_Sc96_007721
- Title
- Rongotea School
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Rongotea
- Date
- circa 1909
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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